Associated Press – The United States’ largest naval exercise in decades – Summer Pulse ’04, involving the deployment around the globe of seven of the Navy’s 12 carrier battle groups, is not designed to send political signals to potential enemies, a senior Navy officer said Thursday.
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Sea Power – The Navy will conduct a critical sea trial, called ìSilent Hammer,î scheduled for this fall off the coast of San Diego, to evaluate the capability improvements offered by a clandestine sea base of networked undersea, surface, air and ground forces in a coordinated operation.
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